Bummer Paul, sorry about steering you that way. There are a lot of people who swear by them (myself included). Apparently they are very system dependent.
Opinions Golden Sounds DH Cones, I just bought some,they came in today
I bought some Jumbos to go under Preamp. Will try them this weekend, they just came in today. My tube CD player has easy access so I replaced Mapleshade brass with jumbos. I placed them in biggest triangle possible and found them a little exaggerated in the highs. I moved the back two feet 2 or so inches closer together and it smoothed out very nicely. That's as far as I've gotten. Very nice improvement over brass which I swapped back in just to confirm my findings. If you have used the DH cones which component faired the best with the cones? I have amp, Preamp, phono preamp, turntable power supply,. I've heard 2 up 1 down, 2 down 1 up. Any advise were to place under component. I am going to buy Gaia Oreos next anyone compared the two, thank you.
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I use 3 pucks under my preamp as well. The pucks I'm using are good for 20 pounds each. See link below. My guess is the preamp weighs around 35 lbs. FWIW, they do say to have the logo pointing toward the front (in other words, toward you). Not sure if it makes a difference or not, but that is how I've always positioned them. http://www.isoacoustics.com/iso-puck/ |
The pucks cleaned things up for me when placing them under the preamp (Jeff Rowland) & dac, as well as under the power supply for both the dac (Audio Alchemy's latest) & phono preamp. I've tried several feet under these (including the DH cones) & prefer the pucks. In my case, they improved imaging & detail better than the others. |
I'm sure geoff's springs are superior to the industrial springs I use but if by chance you want to try industrial springs, go to McMaster Carr, they have many. The one's I would recommend are "compression springs" .750 to 1" in dia (for best stability) & ground flat on both ends. After that it's a matter of how much weight each spring will see (max load in lbs is listed) & how much space you want between whatever is between them (compressed lg at max load). |
Paul, In regard to your question... I've found the DH cones to sound better under my transport than the pucks. The pucks really "deadened" the sound of the transport where the cones (points down) made it sound much more alive. The speakers I use are large stand mount Wilsons. The pucks are wonderful between the stand & speakers where the cones are sound better between the floor & the stands. Pucks or springs are under everything else except the Acoustic Revives power distribution devices which sound better (for whatever reason) with cones than the pucks. I would say in general, the cones are brighter sounding (not over the top though) than springs or pucks. |
I am a fan & use the jumbo's under my speaker stands, the large size under my transport, & the smaller ones under an Acoustic Revive power distribution box. All of them are pointed down. For the other components, I'm either using IsoAcoustics pucks or springs. They all sound different & the system has been tuned accordingly. BTW, the paper has long been worn off of all the DH cones. |